Shawn Nematbakhsh

		Shawn Nematbakhsh Software Engineer @ Rivos SF Bay Area, CA, USA Phone: +1 408 306 6527 E-mail:
		Resume: pdf text Updated Dec. 2025

Rivos: Santa Clara, CA
Software Engineer, Power Management, 2021 - Current
Waymo: Mountain View, CA
Software Engineer, Embedded Software, 2018 - 2021
Google: Mountain View, CA
Software Engineer, Chrome OS Firmware, 2012 - 2018
Zoran (Now Qualcomm): Sunnyvale, CA
Application Engineer, Digital Camera Division, 2008 - 2012
MedLink Healthcare Networks: Los Angeles, CA
Software Engineer, 2006 - 2008
DNF Controls: Los Angeles, CA
Embedded Software Engineer, 2005 - 2006
UCR Department of Computer Science & Engineering: Riverside, CA
Teaching Assistant, CS120B (Intro. to Embedded Systems), 2003 - 2005
UCR Department of Computer Science & Engineering: Riverside, CA
Research Assistant, Embedded Systems Lab, 2002 - 2005
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC): San Diego, CA
Summer Intern, Email / SMTP Infrastructure, 2001

Estimating Sensor Timestamps by Oversampling
Shawn Nematbakhsh, Alec Berg, Craig Robinson, Alexander Zbrozek
US Patent #US11632823B1, Granted 2023.
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Energy Savings and Speedups from Partitioning Critical Software Loops to Hardware in Embedded Systems
Greg Stitt, Frank Vahid, Shawn Nematbakhsh
ACM Transactions in Embedded Computing Systems (TECS), 2004.
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The Effect of FPGA Size on Software Speedup from Hardware / Software Partitioning
Shawn Nematbakhsh, Frank Vahid, Greg Stitt
Technical Report, University of California, Riverside, 2003.
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External Interfaces and Software Tools for Electronic Blocks
Shawn Nematbakhsh
Master Thesis, University of California, Riverside, 2005.
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Eblock Simulator and Synthesis Tool
Java Applet to build and simulate simple circuits using eBlock components. Alternate schematic capture version exists which takes user-inputted design and synthesizes down to PIC C code.
Phone Dialer (DTMF) eBlock
eBlock component for phone dialing and remote alerts. Takes a single eBlock input and dials specified phone number on input trigger. Can be combined with eBlock phone relay for networking eBlocks across phone lines.
Network (UDP) eBlock
eBlock Ethernet interface allowing for communication of eBlock systems across the Internet. Uses an 8051 microcontroller and a Crystal 8900A embedded Ethernet controller for communication via UDP.
PalmOS eBlock Logger
Application for PalmOS PDAs to allow logging of eBlock input. Connects to HotSync port on PDA and has timestamp, statistical data and other features. Useful for applications such as (human) traffic monitoring.
FPGA-based UNIX Crypt() Password Cracker
Brute force UNIX password cracker implemented on a Xilinx XCV1000 Virtex FPGA. Pipelined DES stages running at 25 MHz capable of testing 25 million keys per second, considerably faster than software implementations.

2005: Master of Science in Computer Science
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Thesis: External Interfaces and Software Tools for Electronic Blocks
Advisor: Prof. Frank Vahid
2003: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Project: UNIX Password Cracking With FPGAs